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- India
Farmers’ stir: SC to hear plea seeking clearing of blockages on highways
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a petition seeking directions to the Centre and states to immediately clear the blockage of National and state highways, imposed during farmers’ protests…
- India
Indian embassy in Syria remains operational amid conflict
The Indian embassy in Damascus, the capital of war-torn Syria, is still functioning and in regular contact with Indian nationals, according to sources. All Indians in Syria are reported to be safe,…
- India
Farmers stopped at Punjab-Haryana border, teargas shells fired
Chandigarh: Tension prevailed at the Shambhu border, the entry point to Haryana from Punjab, on Sunday as the batch of 101 protesting farmers was stopped and not allowed to move ahead to…
- Middle East
Syrian Prez Assad leaves Damascus as rebels advance towards capital: Reports
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly left Damascus as rebel forces advanced towards the capital, according to media reports. Earlier on Saturday, the Islamist faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) claimed significant…
- Middle East
Hamas releases new video of Israeli hostage, says ending Gaza war key to any truce deal
Gaza: The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a new video showing an Israeli hostage alive and held in Gaza, in which he called for a prisoner exchange deal. “I…
- India
Disappointing: US denies BJP’s claims of ‘Anti-Modi deep state’
New Delhi: The US denied the Bharatiya Janata Party’s allegations accusing the country over recent controversies about Narendra Modi and business tycoon Gautam Adani, on Saturday, December 7. The BJP had blamed…
- India
Maha: Ajit Pawar given clean chit in Rs 1,000 cr Benami properties case
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Maharashtra’s newly-elect deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has been cleared of properties worth Rs 1,000 crore associated with him and his family in a benami case…
- India
Maharashtra Oppn to skip oath on Saturday over ‘misuse’ of EVM
Mumbai: Opposition Maha Vikas Agahdi (MVA) members in Maharashtra on Saturday decided not to take oath as MLAs on the first day of the special three-day assembly session, alleging misuse of EVMs…
- Middle East
Leave at the earliest: Indian govt to citizens in Syria amid escalating tensions
In response to the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Syria, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has issued an urgent advisory encouraging Indian nationals to leave the country as soon as…
- Hyderabad
Allu Arjun announces Rs 25L for kin of woman killed in Pushpa 2 stampede
Hyderabad: Tollywood film star Allu Arjun, on Friday, December 6, announced the donation of Rs 25 lakh as a goodwill gesture to the family of the woman who lost her life during…
- India
Bundle of Rs 500 found under MP Abhishek Singhvi’s seat stirs row in RS
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday, December 6 said security staff had recovered a wad of Rs 500 notes from the seat allotted to Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi,…
- Hyderabad
Video: BRS leaders placed under house arrest amid call for protest in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Several leaders of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) were on Friday, December 6 placed under house arrest as they gathered for a protest at Hyderabad’s Necklace Road. The BRS leaders had…
- India
Security beefed up as farmers to march on foot towards Delhi today
New Delhi: Ahead of the farmers’ march to Delhi scheduled for Friday, security has been tightened at the Shambhu border on NH-44, with both Haryana and Punjab police deploying significant resources to…
- News
Fadnavis takes oath as Maharashtra CM; Shinde, Pawar as deputies
Devendra Fadnavis took the oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra on Thursday, December 5 in a grand ceremony held at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan. Along with him, Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde…
- Telangana
Telangana phone tapping case: HC bars police from arresting Harish Rao
Hyderabad: In a relief to senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former minister T Harish Rao, the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed police not to arrest him in the phone…
